Most animals vanish from history without leaving a trace. A few are remembered because they belonged to powerful people. Fewer still become legends in their own right. This list includes both real and fictional horses. At first glance, that may seem like an odd combination. What does a horse that carried Alexander the Great have in common with one invented by Cervantes? More than one might think. Both have survived their own time. Both are remembered long after the people who knew them are gone. And, in at least one case, the fictional horse feels more real than the historical
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